In preparing
the score for An Actor Prepares, Tony Morales decided to define the
emotional dynamic between father and son: “My approach, and what I felt that
the film called for, was a score that set the tone of the film rather than a
score in a traditional sense. It works more like a song would over traditional
underscore…An Actor Prepares is a pop score at its core. The ensemble is that of
a rock band: guitar, bass, drums. For added texture, I used a string quartet for
cues that needed a little more emotion as well as electric and acoustic guitar
textures to build padding to keep the tone warm.” In fact, Tony Morales
played most of the guitars himself.

Tracks
featuring acoustic guitars seem happy and fun. Red Carpetis a rather
dramatic track with some synths and guitars giving way to a dramatic piano piece
and cymbal rolls. Tracks like Highjacked Bus feature a much faster pace
and electric guitars. Synths make their way into the score often accompanied by
acoustic guitars. The overall score of An Actor Prepares is quick and
quirky and I automatically assumed it was a comedy long before looking at the
liner notes.

I can
honestly say that I enjoyed the soundtrack of An Actor Prepares. The
music is quite enjoyable and the short, but not overly short tracks, made for an
enjoyable experience that I couldn’t help but listen to multiple times.
Definitely a score worth listening to.